Syracuse, NY -- Police charged a Syracuse man with felony weapon posssession following an incident early Saturday on Highland Street.

Police responding to a call about 1:50 a.m. Saturday about a suspicious person with a weapon said they found DeAngelo Johnson, 24, of 1224 N. State St., standing in the road in the 500 block of Highland Street.

When the patrol vehicle stopped, police said, Johnson put on a jacket, held his other hand over his stomach and walked away, refusing police orders to put his hands on his head. He halted at 509 Highland Street, leaned into some bushes there, then walked faster toward Jasper Street. But after another police car pulled up, Johnson walked toward the first car with hands up and challenging police to shoot him, officers said.

Police found a 9 mm handgun in the bushes where Johnson had stopped and charged him with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, police said.